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BetterRed · 08-23-2016, 05:25 PM

You do not need the junction utility to create symbolic links in Vista or later versions of Windows, better by far to use the built-in MKLink command.

The only reason MS keeps junction 'on the books' is for legacy reasons, which is primarily a concern for corporate LOB systems.

And if you put 'foreign objects' into Windows/System32 then should you ever need to reinstall Windows you will lose them. Far better to put such things into something like a C:\Utilities folder, and add that folder to the Path environment variable.

If you want a GUI tool to create symlinks, Symlink Helper adds an option to Windows/File Explorer right click menu (n.b. first time it's run you need to run it as admin). I use Link Shell Extension, which also handles hard-links, junctions, and mount points, includes a drag/drop create feature, a repair function for symlinks, mount points and junctions, hard-link lists and counts, and icon overlays etc.

BR

08-23-2016, 05:25 PM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,786 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	You do not need the junction utility to create symbolic links in Vista or later versions of Windows, better by far to use the built-in MKLink command. The only reason MS keeps junction 'on the books' is for legacy reasons, which is primarily a concern for corporate LOB systems. And if you put 'foreign objects' into Windows/System32 then should you ever need to reinstall Windows you will lose them. Far better to put such things into something like a C:\Utilities folder, and add that folder to the Path environment variable. If you want a GUI tool to create symlinks, Symlink Helper adds an option to Windows/File Explorer right click menu (n.b. first time it's run you need to run it as admin). I use Link Shell Extension, which also handles hard-links, junctions, and mount points, includes a drag/drop create feature, a repair function for symlinks, mount points and junctions, hard-link lists and counts, and icon overlays etc. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 08-24-2016 at 04:14 AM.